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WANTING TO BE A SPY IS ONE THING: ACTING LIKE ONE IS QUITE ANOTHER When stand-in teacher, Calum Ross, first locks eyes with Natalia, he can’t believe his luck. Nor can the UK security agencies. They’ve been looking for a way to recruit Natalia’s husband, Oleg Usmanov, a Russian spymaster and friend of the Russian President, for years. Ross might just be their man. Except nothing about Usmanov is quite what it seems. When Natalia is attacked, Ross finds the finger of blame being pointed squarely at him. With Russians out for his blood and his SIS 'minders' squabbling amongst themselves...

In the second book of the Pixie Pearson series, Pixie and Harley are happy in their warehouse, but boys on bikes and royal greyhounds cause trouble. Then Jaco, Harley's father, tries to shake their house down.

Can they find the resolve to continue on? The odds are still stacked against them. The Shadow Patriots discover a deviant activity that forces them to change their plans so they can deal with this new despicable nightmare. The stakes are raised as they risk their lives to save the most vulnerable. But forced errors end with deadly consequences. New Recruits is book 2 in the Shadow Patriots series. Get it now and continue the journey. Revised and Updated April 2022

The world has changed before our eyes. Adrift and lost, freedom comes at an exorbitant price, and only at the behest of a powerful few who control everything. In a future America, where citizens are forced to vacate the heartland and move to a handful of cities to keep the overtaxed power grid from imploding, and where criminals undergo brain implants rather than serve time behind bars, a few belligerent patriots refuse to comply. Survival expert Elijah Stryker is one of the few holdouts. Stryker scrabbles for sustenance in a region called the Forbidden Zone, a rugged frontier that’s home...

Two detectives hunt a serial killer. The killer's hunting them. A lone trucker is ambushed, shot, and brutally stabbed. A tourist meets the same fate while out for a jog. Facing two crime scenes that could have come from a horror movie, Detectives Carly Sanderson and Sergio Martin search for the crazed serial killer. Five more attacks happen in a week, launching the entire city into a panic and causing the mayor to throw all of the city’s resources into stopping the rampage.

If you like the short stories of Roald Dahl and Ray Bradbury, you will love this book! Curl up and get ready for a wild ride with twelve tantalising tales that will leave you breathless and wanting more. In SHORT STORIES AND STRANGE ENDINGS, master storyteller, RAYMOND M HALL, takes you on a journey through a variety of settings, from the gritty streets of an old Australian gold mining town to the depths of a dreamscape. Each story contains a unique set of characters, from a mysterious old man to a daring feline adventurer, and each one ends with an unexpected twist. This collection will ...

Survival was just the beginning. Now comes the real escape. After the zombie apocalypse tore through Britain, Matt and young Robbie found sanctuary in the last stronghold left: a stadium turned military fortress. But peace doesn’t last. The undead are evolving, growing smarter—and the so-called safety inside the stadium starts to crack under the pressure of fear, guilt, and impossible choices. When a rumor of a cure surfaces, hope is reignited. But the mission to find it will lead through a wasteland of the undead, where not all monsters are dead, and not all survivors are allies. ...

Why would a biotech company release a dangerous virus? Because they already have the cure... A mysterious, man-made virus outbreak races through the small town of Marshall, Wisconsin. Dogs throughout the town are quickly infected by the plague with disastrous results. The gentle pet of yesterday suddenly snaps at its loving owner. Dogs all over town are turned outdoors when they abruptly become aggressive. Stray dogs, reverting to the behavior of their canine ancestors, begin to form efficient and deadly packs. A hunter in the vast forest outside of town becomes the hunted. A runaway ...

Join Cindy and Sam as they reunite with their enchanting friends, Rosco, The Purple Raccoon, and his loyal companions after a four-year absence. Despite their annual summer searches in the woods, a sense of unease lingers, fueling their concerns for their furry friends' safety. However, this summer brings a glimmer of hope as a mysterious message from Rosco, and Charlie reaches the siblings, signalling imminent danger. Prepare to Enter a World of Vibrant Wonders as Cindy and Sam Dive into CAWH, the Extraordinary Realm of their Colorful Animal Friends. As they venture forth, a new peril ...

Madrid and the Basque Country of Spain are the backdrops for a gripping tale of greed, intrigue, and adventure. John and Mako Storm, a father and son spy team, find themselves embroiled in a banking crisis that threatens to destroy everything they hold dear. The only hope is a mysterious cache of gold hidden in the cellar caves of Laguardia deep in the Basque region of Spain. Mako and John must navigate treacherous terrain and confront dangerous enemies to recover the cache before it falls into the wrong hands.

Race Against Time with General Custer and Joan of Arc! After unlocking the mysteries of time travel, Chant Baker’s adventures only intensify in Day Tripper. His travels take him to the heart of history’s most dangerous events. He faces the battlefield alongside General Custer at the Little Bighorn and marches with Joan of Arc as she fights for France. With every leap through time, Chant faces life-or-death moments that test his courage and quick thinking. But while he battles to keep history on track, his heart faces another challenge—his growing feelings for Mary, the mysterious girl...

Adult humorous fiction Famous Union College is a slow moving train wreck, a place where what is what is not. Two hapless heroes. An exhibitionist secretary. Bumbling administrators. A paranoid football coach. Conniving coeds. A sex obsessed football player. Who knows what will happen next... "The characters are all interesting and well developed - and many would be great study cases for a psych major." - HAMPTON REVIEWS "It's light and humorous with a bit of a wink and a lot of wry puckish humor." - Pop Bop, Top 500 Amazon Reviewer From the author of the endearing story THE SURVIVAL OF ...

When 18-year-old Joshua Mayo takes a man's life in a horrible accident, he leaves the scene without reporting the crime to the police. He hopes to put the awful night behind him and move on with his life. But of course, he ends up telling his mother, Karen, what happened. Karen has raised Joshua on her own in Cedar Rapids, Iowa - and she'd thought they'd finally made it. He was doing well in school and was only months from starting college. After hearing his dark confession, she is forced to make a choice no parent should have to make....

An action-packed postapocalyptic thriller from the critically acclaimed author, screenwriter, and noted film critic. Humankind is extinct. Wiped out in a global uprising by the very machines made to serve them. Now the world is controlled by One World Intelligences - vast mainframes that have assimilated the minds of millions of robots. But not all robots are willing to cede their individuality, and Brittle - a loner and scavenger, focused solely on survival - is one of the holdouts.

When four campers decide to take a short vacation in the pine forests of Mount Shasta, a potentially active volcano, and some say, a mystical mountain region in the Cascade Mountain Range of Northern California, it turns out they aren't alone. After a long drive through the Shasta Trinity National Forest, British MIT graduate Tom Bishop and his three friends set up camp in the closed-for-the-season Pine Crags Wilderness Campsite, in the shadows of Mount Shasta. As they exchange legends about the mysterious mountain, something appears from the woods which defies all logic....

Grayson Woodford, the defiant heir to the Scanguards empire, seethes under his father Samson’s matchmaking attempts. He wants nothing to do with a prearranged future, especially one involving the daughter of an old friend. Thousands of miles away, Monique Montague, a fierce vampire hybrid and daughter of Louisianas vampire king, Cain, is equally enraged. She refuses to be tricked into dating the spoiled and arrogant Grayson she remembers from her childhood. Instead of attending the forced meet-cute, she seeks a night of wild abandon with a stranger she picks up in a bar—unaware that her...

As a reward for saving Princess Kalliopy, Kevin ends up in the hands of pirates, who have nefarious plans for his future. Things look bleak, and his options are few. Meanwhile, Boomer is mad at the princess for delivering Kevin to the enemy, and when an old foe comes into the picture, he has no other choice but to team up with her to mount a mission to rescue Kevin. Kevin is forced to do horrible deeds while he bides his time hoping to escape his predicament. His friends are determined to get him out of Dodge, but the rescue mission is more complicated than it first appears.

The carnival arrived at dusk, bleeding rust and promising escape. For Lily, it was a one-way ticket out of her dead-end town. But when the moon rises, the main attraction is unleashed. The Carnival Nocturne is a predator, and its charismatic owner holds a monstrous secret. When a local boy vanishes and the first body is found mutilated near the Ferris wheel, Lily realizes the truth: the cheap tricks and rigged games are a cover for something ancient and hungry. A violent storm cuts them off from the world. The power dies. The screams begin. Trapped on the carnival grounds with a handful of ...

The flight across the ocean was routine. The storm was not. When a state-of-the-art airliner is ripped from the sky by an impossible tempest, Captain Eva Rostova and a handful of survivors wash ashore on an uncharted island. The crash is only the beginning of their nightmare. They are not alone. Something is hunting them in the jungle—a silent, intelligent, and utterly alien predator that disabled their plane with chilling precision. As Eva struggles to keep the terrified passengers alive, she realizes their crash was no accident. They were brought here. But the greatest threat may not be...

Vicky, Rhys, Larissa, and Flynn have avoided the horde of diseased that chased them from Summit City, but they’re far from free. Although the diseased can’t get to them while they remain on top of the shipping container, at some point they’ll have to come down. With a sea of enraged monsters as far as they can see, coming down means certain death. Exhausted from their escape, they may be able to rest for now, but sooner rather than later, they’re going to have to take action to get themselves out of their current predicament … This box set includes: The Alpha Plague 4 The Alpha ...